Felch Township, Michigan

Felch Township is a civil township of Dickinson County in the U.S. state of Michigan, named in honor of Alpheus Felch.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> The population was 687 at the 2020 census.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of Template:Convert, of which, Template:Convert of it is land and Template:Convert of it (0.47%) is water.

Communities

There are no incorporated municipalities in the township.

• Felch is an unincorporated community on M-69 at Template:Coord.<ref>Template:Gnis</ref> Felch was a station on a branch of the Chicago and North Western Railway. A post office has been in operation there since 1906.<ref name="Romig">Template:Cite book</ref>
• Metropolitan was a thriving village established just after 1880 to exploit the iron ore in the nearby Metropolitan Mine. Metropolitan was about one mile west of Felch<ref>Template:Gnis</ref> and was the last station on a branch of the Chicago and North Western Railway coming west from Escanaba. The village was platted by the Metropolitan Mining Company in 1881. A post office was in operation there from 1881 until 1963.<ref name="Romig"/> The present Zion Lutheran Church of Metropolitan sits almost exactly on the site of the old village, which is now a string of farms along the country roads. Metropolitan was sometimes referred to as Milltown and Farmertown.
• Theodore is an unincorporated community on M-69 about half a mile northwest of Felch at Template:Coord.<ref>Template:Gnis</ref> It was platted for the Lake Superior Ship Canal, Railway & Iron Company in 1881 by J.A. Van Clive.<ref name="Romig"/>
• Felch Mountain is an unincorporated community on M-69 about half a mile northwest of Felch. It is immediately adjacent to, and east of, Theodore.<ref>Template:Gnis</ref> Both Theodore and Felch Mountain are located on a steep hill north of M-69, while Felch and Metropolitan are located in the lower land south of M-69.
• Spruce was a station on the Chicago and North Western Railway<ref name="Romig"/> at Template:Coord near the junction of Lucas Rd with M-69<ref>Template:Gnis</ref>

Demographics

As of the census<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 726 people, 274 households, and 204 families residing in the township. By 2020, there were 687 people in the township.